The Center for Heat and Mass Transfer was founded on March 19, 2009. The mission is to unite disciplinary strengthsfor heat and mass transfer at the Institute and strengthen the capabilities of sustainable innovations in the area of heat and mass transfer at the Institute. The efforts are to make the Institute have the international influence on the academic directions and domestically leadin the academic directions, to technologically grasp a bunch of internationally advanced key technologies and to play an irreplaceable role in some engineeringindustries.

　　At the Center there are currently 3 research professors (including 1 research professor supported by the Hundred Talent Program), 2 associated research professors, 8 assistant research professors or below, 4 postdoctoral research fellows, 15 graduate students for doctoral degrees and 12 graduate students for master's degrees.

　　At the Center, the research includesscientific issues related to heat and mass transfer in gas turbinesand aero-engines (e.g.blade cooling and regenerators), basic and applied research on enhanced heat and mass transfer (e.g.micro-scaled, flows and phase change), advanced cooling technology (e.g.heat pipe, micro-channels, spray and micro-groove group), basic research and key technologies related to Sterling solar-power generation, feature evaluation and mechanism of thermal physicsin new power and energy materials, high-efficiency heat exchange and utilization of exhaust energy. The main research projects committed at the Center cover 8 projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation, 7 projects supported bythe 863 program, a sub-project supported bythe 973 program and 10 more projects trusted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, International Co-operative institutions and enterprises.

　　Dawei Tang, director